Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

The ongoing shortfall in the supply of medicines, family planning materials and the procurement of medical equipment is likely to ease soon as three related projects are scheduled to be placed before the ECNEC for approval today.

Candidates to get 15 extra minutes to complete the test this year

Anti-smoking campaigners say the move defies the 2040 tobacco-free goal, risks public health

The death of a pedestrian and injuries to two others -- caused by a bearing pad that fell from a metro rail pillar on Sunday -- have exposed a critical gap in the legal framework regarding compensation for victims of metro rail-related accidents.

A probe committee yesterday began looking into Sunday’s tragic incident, where a bearing pad fell from a metro rail pillar near Farmgate station, killing a pedestrian and injuring two others.

Kills one, sparks service halt, Dhaka-wide traffic chaos; experts raise safety concerns

Over 271,000 people in Bangladesh died from air pollution-related causes in 2023, according to a new global report.

After last year’s mass uprising, at least four key committees or task forces had been entrusted with overseeing road safety -- a critical issue long neglected, costing hundreds of lives annually

Many import consignments of the garment and pharmaceutical sectors are stuck at Dubai and Singapore airports because of the space crisis in Dhaka’s cargo village and the lack of cold room facilities for pharmaceutical raw materials after the fire incident.

More than 30 lakh people suffer non-fatal injuries in road crashes each year

If any person leads, participates in, or incites any organised group or riot that results in an attack or assault on a healthcare worker or healthcare institution, they may face up to 10 years in jail, or a fine of up to Tk 15 lakh, or both.

Around 1,500 die of burn injuries a year

Health experts say higher AMR rates can lead to more critical illnesses, increased treatment failures

After the home ministry, work has begun to merge the two divisions of the health ministry to ensure better coordination and improved medical services for the people.

When Rejoan Rashid Fahad was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) over a decade ago with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of blood cancer, few believed he would survive.

Bangladesh had a target to cut down the tobacco consumption rate to 29 percent by this year, meaning it is still 2.4 percent behind the goal.

After Rangpur, anthrax cases have been detected in Gaibandha, prompting the health and livestock authorities to launch a major awareness campaign warning people against consuming the meat of sick cattle.

Eleven of the 12 city corporations across the country don’t have any entomologists to help the authorities check mosquito-borne diseases, exposing their weakness in combatting dengue that has now become a year-round concern.

WHO reports that 2,83,800 people died of cardiovascular diseases that year.

As of yesterday, 188 people had died and 44,693, had been hospitalised.